1 It doesn’t matter how badly paid you are, you still live in a fabulous – and huge – apartment in the centre of town…

2 Your best friend has no dates of her own, but seems perfectly content living vicariously through yours…

3 It’s never the wrong time of the month…

4 Broken a bone? Fate hands you a foxy doctor…

5 Missed the train? Fate rewards you with a gorgeous man next to you on the bus…

6 You never have trouble getting a cab late at night – and the driver doesn’t drone on all the way home…

7 When you emerge from the sea your bikini is always perfectly in place and never see-through…

8 Your friends don’t mind if you spend the entire evening talking about a man you’ve only met twice…

9 It doesn’t matter how neurotic, scatty or even stupid you are, because he will always find those things adorably endearing…

10 All your clothes fit like they were made for you - and they seem to launder themselves…

11 You’re never stuck for clever, witty conversation on a first date…

12 If you ever decide to move away, a man you gave up hope on will always chase you to the airport to declare his love…

13 You can stand in high heels all day and night without even a wince of pain…

14 And whatever the height of said heels, you can always run like a cheetah in them to escape a psychopath…

15 If you fall for a penniless man (which you will only if you have a rich, disapproving father) his talent will be discovered and he’ll be rich within 90 minutes…

16 Children are wise match-makers with a firm grasp of the complexities of adult relationships…

17 If you turn down a date with him (you’re still in the He’s A Geek stage) he will persist with romantic gestures until you realize he’s your soul-mate…

18 Even the scruffiest most unhygienic men are exceptionally good-looking…

19 If you’re about to marry a two-timing git, he will get to the church in the nick of time to save you…

20 There’s always mind-blowing sex… EVERY time…